Manga: Orange Marmalade

Hello !!!

Orange Marmalade is a South Korean Manhwa series or webtoon written and illustrated by Seok Woo. 

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Genres: Drama, School Life, Slice of Life, Romance, Supernatural, Comedy

Status: Completed

Chapters: 119

Other Media: Kdrama

About: This is a story between vampires and humans who are living together in a modern world after a peace treaty between them had formed 200 years ago. Though they are living together, the vampires' identity are not revealed and they are still being seen as monsters who desire humans' blood by the humans. Because of the many unknowns about vampires, vampires are not welcomed and most of the people wish them to be annihilated. So, how do they survive in this world?

Baek Ma Ri, who is a vampire, wants to live peacefully in the human world and wishes to graduate in her new high school without transferring again. But, her dream is shattered when she is attracted to the sweet-smelling blood of Jung Jae Min, a normal high school boy who hates vampires. Why is she attracted to his blood and how could she stop her craving for his blood?

I am attracted to this manhwa as the storyline, vocabulary and drawings are kept as simple as possible. It is easy to read and understand and it is fully-coloured as well. It is a wise choice to read this manga after reading too many complicated mangas. While being kept to the simplest, the story is rich and entertaining and the expressions of every character are well expressed.

Picture from Manga Fox
Picture from Manga Fox

Since it is a webtoon, their presentation is a little different from the usual manga. But, I don't think it poses much of a problem. 

Since I am watching the Kdrama too, I'll touch a little about it. Kdrama is a little from the Webtoon and it involves both the modern period, the period before the treaty was formed and the modern period again. The sharp turning point confuses everyone, including me and I even hesitated to continue the drama. Later, I decided to continue to see how it turns out and it turns out to be ok. Of course, the storyline of the drama will be different from the Webtoon, but the main characters and some part of the stories remain. 

Ok, that's all for today. Bye~

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